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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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I just installed V-Leds for my Brake Light, would that be the problem?
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by klanham08
I just installed V-Leds for my Brake Light, would that be the problem?
You can simply remove the brake light bulbs and press on the brake pedal again and see if the running lights illuminate.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBII
Check all the bulbs. More than likely somebody installed a single contact bulb in a double contact socket.

Will bridge the circuits and cause this problem all day long...
exactly my first thought. usually its a brake lamp bulb

Originally Posted by klanham08
I just installed V-Leds for my Brake Light, would that be the problem?
hmm and he's messed with the brake lamps

Originally Posted by GeorgiaBII
Rule of thumb:

Anytime you install any item and then notice problems with similar systems always check what you did last FIRST. In this case you put in bulbs and now have light issues... First place to look is the bulbs you installed.
yes
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 10:53 AM
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Well why would V-Leds sell bulbs like that if they are going to mess it up?

And can anyone recommend a Brake Light from V-Leds that WON'T make that happen? lol.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
hmm and he's messed with the brake lamps
Yeah... would have been nice if klanham08 mentioned he changed out the bulbs earlier in the discussion
Though, I should have been smart enough to ask also.
Oh well... something new to remember for next time.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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^ sounds like old age to me.


mu ha ha...........
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon316G
Yeah... would have been nice if klanham08 mentioned he changed out the bulbs earlier in the discussion
Though, I should have been smart enough to ask also.
Oh well... something new to remember for next time.
Really sorry lol. I never thought about it until recently and I thought, "that might be the problem!" lol.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Razz1
^ sounds like old age to me.
LOL.. if I'm this bad at age 28... I'd hate to think what its going to be like at age 50
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